Folding crib



(No Model.-)

0. S. OOMINS.

PbLDING CRIB.

No. 274,467 Patented Mar.27,1883.

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UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. GOMINS, OF CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

FOLDlNG CRIB.

SPECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent N0. 274,467, dated March 27,1883.

Application filed January 10, 1883. (No modelJ To all whom "it mayconcern 7 Be it known that I, CHARLES S. GOMINS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Concord, in the county of Merrimac and Stateof New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Folding Cribs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to substitute for the ordinary hingedside rail commonly' to the corner posts, forming part of the head andfoot board of e crib.

I will here refer to the drawings, of which Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of an ordinary folding crib provided with my improved side rail.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a folding crib provided with my improvedside rail, showing a different form of construction from that shown inFig. 1, and having therein the bed and bedding. I

In the improved side rail, A, is provided an opening, commencing at thefoot-board and extending twelve inches (more or less) toward thehead-board, so formed by means of a bend made in the top piece, A, whichmaybe madeas shown in Fig. IV of the drawings, (said bend being known tothe trade as an ogee curve or 'it may be more of a right-angle bend, andone end of said piece A terminate at or be mortised into the top of thepiece of the side rail, as shown in Fig. 2. The opening thus formed inthe side rail afi'ords a handy and easy exit, and also retains for achild the same protection against falling out as do the side rails whenmade of a uniform height from end to end, and as no hinges are used andless wood is required the improved side rail can be applied to foldingcribs at less cost than can those in common use. The bond made'in thepiece A should be such as to bring the lowest part of the side rail, A,flush or nearly flush with the bedding, or else constructed as shown inFig. 2.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-- The combination, with a folding crib, of the wooden siderail,A,composedof the bent piece A and the piece B, separated byvertical slats so arranged for the purpose of lorming in said side railthe space 0, substantially as and for the purpose herein described andset forth.

CHARLES S. GOMINS.

Witnesses:

J. B. THUR-SION, F. M. THURSTON.

